Tag Archives: Pennsylvania Superior Court

Pa. Superior Court panel affirms Phila. judge’s decision to enforce auto accident settlement

A three-judge panel of Pennsylvania’s Superior Court has affirmed a Philadelphia judge’s decision to enforce a settlement arising out of an automobile accident case. The appellate judges, in a Jan. 29 non-precedential decision, determined that the trial court was correct … Read More »

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Pa. appellate court affirms judge’s decision granting venue transfer from Phila. to Adams County

A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel recently affirmed an order by a Philadelphia judge that granted a defendant’s transfer request in an injury case stemming from an industrial accident. On Oct. 5, the three-judge appellate panel upheld a Nov. 16, 2011, … Read More »

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Pa. Superior Court affirms trial court ruling in unprecedented case involving in vitro fertilization

A state appellate court has upheld a ruling by a trial court that awarded a Pennsylvania divorcee the frozen embryos that were created through an in vitro fertilization procedure before she and her husband split.

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Pa. Superior Court: suit against Bucks County casino cannot be heard in Phila.

A state appellate court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a personal injury lawsuit against a Pennsylvania casino cannot be played out in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas.

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Superior Court vacates sentence of Pa. man convicted of gun violations

Pennsylvania’s second-highest appellate court this week vacated the sentence of a man who was found guilty of firearms violations during a trial in state court last year.

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Superior Court retroactively applies rule banning ‘error in judgment’ defense

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has retroactively applied a ruling banning medical malpractice defendants from relying on an “error in judgment” defense at trial.

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court to start televising proceedings

For judicial reform advocates, the move will surely be viewed as a long-awaited leap into the 21st Century.

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Pa. attorneys support grocery stores’ $18.5M request

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – A group of Pennsylvania attorneys has filed an amicus brief in support of grocery store chains Safeway and Genuardi’s in an ongoing dispute over a commercial lease. Genuardi’s Family Market Inc. and Newman Development Group … Read More »

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